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Wiper Nuts

BrooseDaMoose

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Why are my wiper nuts losening up? I thought these were tightened and then crimped to prevent them from losening up? A couple months ago the drivers side came lose and I tightened it back up. About two weeks ago the passenger side quit working and I found the same thing, the nut had come lose. Today, the drivers side started wiping intermitently and finally quit. I checked and the nut was lose again! WTF! Should I put some Loctite on them? I was thinking of tightening them down and then just putting a drop of the blue Loctite on top to hold it.
 

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I'd probably go find a Nyloc nut and replace the problem ones. You never know when you might need to pull the wiper arms.
 

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Yea, that's a better idea! I can't believe I didn't think of that! Thanks!
 

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Just like everything that gets older the nuts start to loosen up little Sat morning humor!
 

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If you do go with loctite. Go with the blue for low torque and just use a drop or 2 which is plenty.
 

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GearHead_1 said:
I'd probably go find a Nyloc nut and replace the problem ones. You never know when you might need to pull the wiper arms.
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It was a great idea but the black caps don't fit on the new nuts. :( Looks like I'm going with my original Loctite idea.
 

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I thought this was going to be a thread about people enthusiastic about wipers.
 

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LOL! Y’all are nuts!


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